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CANADA XI GRAB WARM-UP WIN

Canada's touring side kicked off the Irish tour with a dominating 40 over warm up performance on Saturday vs Leprechauns CC at North Kildare in Kilcock, County Kildare. This was the only scheduled warm-up fixture for the tour.

Played under prodominately overcast, wet, and windy conditions, Canadian XI Skipper Jimmy Hansra was buoyant on the positive start to the team's tour.

"It was a well fought contest and a good experience for us playing in overcast and wet conditions. Everybody chipped in on the batting side with Gunasekera's knock being the stand out contribution."

Hansra was equally positive about his side's seamer's who grabbed the lion's share of the Leprechaun wickets.

"The bowlers bowled positively and used the conditions well. It's a good start to the tour and we will take this winning attitude and momentum into our series against Ireland"

The match was covered live with special thanks to Railway CC's Derek Caroll via a live Google Docs scorecard and regular updates on Cricket Canada's FACEBOOK and TWITTER feeds.

MATCH UPDATES

09.10.11 | 10:15am EDT | Canada have set the home side a target of 197 from 40 overs. Hiral Patel (36) and Ruvindu Gunasekera (59) were the noteable Canadian contributions with the bat.

09.10.11 | 11:15am EDT |Khurram Chohan has ripped through the Leprechaun top order claiming 3 wickets in his first 4 overs. Leprechaun CC are 39 for 3 after 9 overs.